Rick bounded out of the Interrogation room to see everyone glued to the screen. Rick paused to look over Kate's shoulder at the screen.
The figure on the Screen was one Simon Bar Sinister. No that Underdog Rick thought. It was Simon Warburg however the idea he looked more like that Evil Scientist was not too entirely untrue in his mind. Rick tried to get Kate's attention.
"Kate I…" Rick started to say.
"Hush Castle this is important." Kate said.
"Wait is he creating an army of AI directed Drones? Is this the beginning of Skynet? The Drone are Coming The Drones are Coming?" Rick said. "I knew I was right he is Simon Bar Sinister!"
"Rick can you be serious for once!" Kate turned to him with a smirk on her face.
"It is the Rise of the Machine's and they are Angry!" Rick said "I will never mistreat another appliance in my life please spare me your wrath oh wise machines!"
"Rick, get a hold of yourself now that you spoiled the video what were you going to say?" Kate asked.
"I don't remember but is that not the man you shoved against the wall at the Army base in the Captain's office?" Rick asked.
"Yes it it" Kate said.
"Boss the Captain wants to see you and Castle in her office now." Ryan said looking all apologetic.
Rick knocked and entered first. The man was in mid sentence while her Captain seated looked unamused.
"You wanted to see us Captain?" Kate asked.
"Yes I need you to explain why we granted immunity to this Federal Agent." Gates said.
"It was only way to root out the conspirators." Kate calmly said looking at the Fed. "Who are you anyway? I doubt your name is William Katts as the registration of your car indicates."
"What do you mean conspirators? I need you to release Omar Dixon in to my custody now." He ordered.
"Why so you can cover up that you lost control of a Drone and it was used to kill a US citizen?" Kate said. "Why don't you quit playing the Fed card and listen up! We know everything but we have to have Omar to keep the ringleader from flying the coop."
"Tell me what you know then I will need to call the AG to determine the correct course of action." The man said.
"No I have a better idea you tell us what you know then we will fill in the blanks for you." Kate said.
The man really wanted Omar so he took a little digression.
"Ok Detective Beckett you have a deal." He said.
"Ok so what is your name in the spirit of this newly found cooperation?" Kate asked.
"I am Special Investigator Jared Stack with the Dept of Justice under the aegis of the Attorney General's office." He said.
"Wait is not that the job of the FBI?" Rick asked never hearing of this new Federal Law Enforcement group.
"It was until the AG needed some people to cut across the Turf Wars and petty disputes inside the bureaucracy. We were formed and serve only at the pleasure of the AG. We have jurisdiction in all 50 states and US territories. We can liaison with any Law Enforcement Dept." He said.
"That sounds like a recruitment Pitch" Rick quipped.
"In the spirit of cooperation I want you all to get the Hell out of my office!" The Captain said loudly.
"We can adjourn to the interview room it is unoccupied for the moment." Kate said. "So sorry Captain" as they left. The Captain just waived them away. She was getting another headache.
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"Ok now at we are secure I can play you this." Agent Stack said.
"What is this?" Kate asked.
"Kate it is the voice recording of one of the conspirators." Rick said softly to her.
They listened to the conversation then Rick jumped up.
"Stop it right there!" Rick said.
Stack complied.
"So can you tell me what is so important?" Stack asked.
"Right there the operator banked Left too sharply." Rick said.
Kate was too wondering where Rick was going.
"What is the time stamp and where was the Drone located?" Rick asked.
"It was at 7:30 on Tuesday." Stark replied "and it was a couple miles off the coast surveilling a ship."
"Ok I'll ignore the ship for the moment but play further the tape and at the end I will explain." Rick said.
Stack resumed the recoding as the frantic voices watched in horror as the Drone went rogue. He ended the recording.
"Ok I played the ending so what was so important about the point I stop the recording?" Stack asked.
"When the Operator banked too far to the left it allowed the link to lapse precisely when another signal could be inserted." Rick said. "So someone else was controlling the Drone at that point. It is also how the Iranians commandeered a Drone circling in Afghanistan."
"This is serious!" Stack responded.
"Ok do you have jurisdiction on Military bases?" Rick asked.
"No but I can get in contact with the DIA." Stack said. "But I do hold sway with the Base Commander. I can keep this person isolated to base while the investigation by the DIA is opened."
"Good contact the Base Commander and inform him of treasonous charges will be filed against the Air Team flying that particular Drone. Do not involvement him in the investigation. I want you to record him too. This corruption might be only isolated but could possibly be even more extensive than we thought." Rick said.
Stack got on the phone to the Base Commander. After a few moments he returned.
"The Base commander has done a recall to all personnel. The operators who were involved are not on Base." He said.
"I was afraid of that. I must have spooked them." Rick said. "Ok get on with the DIA. They need to investigate into the activities of the Drone Operators. I suspect they have Anti American leanings and was paid off. They also was used to complete the assassination of a US citizen if leaked would disgrace this country."
"While you do this Omar will stay with us at a safe house. Espo Ryan come here" Kate said opening the door to get her boys in the loop.
"Take Omar and his Lawyer to the safe house. You know the one." Kate said.
"Right Boss… What are you going to do?" Ryan asked.
"Castle and I are going to visit with an Angry Scientist." Kate said.